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		Isaac Asimov's "The Evitable Conflict" from I, Robot, 1950
		A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
		A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
	transcriptions.english.ucsb.edu /curriculum/courses/schedule_classnotes.asp?CourseID=169&EventID=3249 (703 words)

	Three Laws of Robotics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Giskard Reventlov was the first robot to act according to the Zeroth Law, although it proved destructive to his positronic brain, as he was not certain as to whether his choice would turn out to be for the ultimate good of humanity or not.
		Daneel also comes into conflict with a robot known as R. Lodovic Trema, who is free of any laws and believes that humanity should be free to choose its own future.
		Later in the story, a Zeroth Law is introduced: "A grad student may not harm its advisor's ego, or through inaction, allow that ego to come to harm." The strips feature a character named Susan Calvin, and their visual style parodies the I, Robot movie released that summer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics (5130 words)

	Evidence (Asimov) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As she leaves Byerley, Dr. Calvin promises to vote for him when he runs for national office.
		Asimov's later story "The Evitable Conflict" reveals that he prospers in politics, eventually becoming head of the planetary government.
		Many people choose to see Asimov's treatment of technophobia as an allegory to the anti-Semitism with which he was bitterly familiar; he wrote "Evidence" during Army service shortly after World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Evidence_(Asimov) (638 words)

	The Evitable Conflict -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Evitable Conflict (1950) is a (additional info and facts about science-fiction) science-fiction (A prose narrative shorter than a novel) short story by (United States writer (born in Russia) noted for his science fiction (1920-1992)) Isaac Asimov.
		The 'Machines', powerful (additional info and facts about positronic) positronic computers that control the world's economy and production, start giving instructions that appear to go against their function.
		In effect, the Machines have decided that the only way to follow the Zeroth Law is to take control of humanity, which is one of the events that the three Laws are supposed to prevent.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Th/The_Evitable_Conflict.htm (181 words)

	Conflict Resolution - Sandra I. Cheldelin
		Dealing with conflict is an evitable part of any academic administrator’ s job.
		Often, however, new administrators lack the skills they need to successfully resolve campus conflicts.
		This important resource includes an array of strategies for identifying and managing conflict between individuals, within a department, and between departments.
	www.englishbooks.it /BUS/0787960535/Conflict_Resolution.htm (298 words)

	The Evitable Conflict - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation The Evitable Conflict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Evitable Conflict - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation The Evitable Conflict.
		Asimov returned to this theme in The Naked Sun and The Robots of Dawn, in which the controlling influence is not a small conspiracy of Machines but instead the aggregate influence of many robots, each individually tasked to prevent harm.
		The orginal The Evitable Conflict article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/The-Evitable-Conflict.html (303 words)

	Strange Horizons Articles: Unexpected Protocol: A Critique of the "I, Robot" Book and Motion Picture, by Nina Munteanu
		The puzzle pieces successively tease us through the three laws of robotics, as ever more sophisticated robots toil with their conflicts when dealing with perceived logical contradictions of the laws.
		The larger question and ultimate paradox posed by the three laws culminate in Asimov's final story, "The Evitable Conflict," which subtly explores the role of free will and faith in our definition of what it means to be human.
		Asimov is far more subtle in "The Evitable Conflict," and while these questions are discussed at length, they remain largely unanswered.
	www.strangehorizons.com /2005/20050214/i-robot-a.shtml (2723 words)

	SF REVIEWS.NET: I, Robot / Isaac Asimov
		Greg Powell and Mike Donovan are a couple of grease-monkeys employed by US Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc., (I wonder if Bill Gates would have a stake in such a firm?) to field test the latest robots to come off the assembly line, and they run into strange problems indeed.
		One robot refuses to believe it was built by "inferior" humans, and develops a religious mania, worshipping the station itself and claiming to be the station's "prophet." Another robot on the surface of Mercury finds itself facing a conflict between laws, and ends up malfunctioning so that it seems literally drunk.
		The last story, "The Evitable Conflict," while fascinating, is still an exercise in talk and exposition.
	www.sfreviews.net /irobot.html (597 words)

	Legal Ramblings: Robots and legal interpretation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I, Robot traces the history of Asimov's positronic robots, from their first manifestations as clunky, speechless house tools ("Robbie") to their ultimate evolution in less than three generations to mankind's omniscient, godlike, and somewhat creepy caretakers ("The Evitable Conflict").
		"The conflict between the various rules is ironed out by the different positronic potentials in the brain.
		The growing complexity of legal interpretation continues until the last story in the collection, "The Evitable Conflict," where omniscient Machines, with their godlike powers, interpret the word "human" to mean "humanity" and deliberately cause minor harm to certain individuals for the good of mankind--a very far cry from Speedy's running around in an endless loop.
	www.scwu.com /news/static/108543650260748.shtml (1080 words)

	The Origin of Robots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These laws state that no robot can harm or allow harm to come to a human, they must obey humans (unless it conflicts with the first law), and no robot can harm itself (unless it conflicts with the first two laws).
		The unimportance of the task implied by the tone the order was given caused the second rule to seem weaker and the high danger of the situation made the third rule seem stronger.
		This future is described in the final story titled "The Evitable Conflict." The world is suffering economically and Byerley is concerned so asks robo-psychologist Dr. Susan Calvin for assistance.
	damoo.csun.edu:8888 /9085 (1369 words)

	List of fictional computers - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Machines, positronic supercomputers that manage the world in Isaac Asimov's short story "The Evitable Conflict".
		HAL 9000, in ' (and sequels) in which the computer (HAL) starts murdering the crew when it discovers that they plan to disconnect its higher brain functions because of what they believe to be a problem.
		HAL's actions are later revealed to be the result of a logic conflict.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /computers_in_fiction.htm (1726 words)

	The Evitable Conflict - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Evitable Conflict - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/The_Evitable_Conflict (259 words)

	Roger Clarke's Asimov's Laws of Robotics
		Similarly, conflicting orders may have to be prioritized, for example, when two humans give inconsistent instructions.
		Even in the absence of conflicting orders, a robot may need to recognize foolish or illegal orders and decline to implement them, or at least question them.
		"The conflict between the various rules is [meant to be] ironed out by the different positronic potentials in the brain," but in this case the robot "follows a circle around [the source of danger], staying on the locus of all points of...
	www.anu.edu.au /people/Roger.Clarke/SOS/Asimov.html (13168 words)

	Three Laws of Robotics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Daneel Olivaw is the first to give the Law a name, in the novel (additional info and facts about Robots and Empire) Robots and Empire; however, (additional info and facts about Susan Calvin) Susan Calvin articulates the concept in the short story " (additional info and facts about The Evitable Conflict) The Evitable Conflict".
		Some are based on the second clause of the First Law—advocating strict noninterference in human politics to avoid unknowingly causing harm—while others are based on the first clause, claiming that robots should openly become a (additional info and facts about dictatorial) dictatorial government to protect humans from all potential conflict or disaster.
		Daneel also comes into conflict with a single robot known as R. Lodovic Trema, who is free of any laws and believes that humanity should be free to choose its own future.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Th/Three_Laws_of_Robotics.htm (4773 words)

	ELX.com.au (Australia) - Jossey-bass Academic Administrator's Guide to Conflict Resolution, Sandra I. Cheldelin, Ann F. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sandra I. Cheldelin is an associate professor and former director of the Institute for Conflict Resolution at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
		She is a licensed psychologist and expert in organizational behavior, and coeditor of Conflict: From Analysis to Intervention.
		She is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and author of Leading Academic Change and Strengthening Departmental Leadership both from Jossey-Bass.
	www.elx.com.au /item/0787960535 (356 words)

	Isaac Asimov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In "The Evitable Conflict", the robots run humanity from behind the scenes, acting as nannies to the whole species.
		Later, in Robots and Empire, a robot develops what he calls the Zeroth Law of Robotics, which states that "A robot may not injure humanity, nor, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm".
		In The Foundation Series (which did not originally have robots), a scientist implements a semi-secret plan to create a perfect society over the course of 1000 years.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isaac_Asimov (5877 words)

	San Diego Source > Special Reports
		As more companies move here, more transactions take place, more partnerships form and dissolve, conflict is evitable and the courts are continually challenged.
		The National Conflict Resolution Center's (NCRC) approach to resolving conflicts has proved to be such a sensible alternative to the court process.
		Mediating litigated case conflicts leads to quicker resolutions and greater party satisfaction.
	www.sddt.com /Reports/article.cfm?RID=223&SourceCode=20040706rf (652 words)

	The Templeton Gate - Authors - Isaac Asimov - I, Robot
		Although Asimov refused to allow other authors to use these laws in any specific way in their works, it is obvious they were a direct influence on many others' depiction of robots.
		The last two stories in the book, "Evidence" and "The Evitable Conflict," present the possibility of a robot with a human appearance.
		The character of Stephen Byerly is a judge and a candidate for mayor of a large metropolitan city.
	www.members.tripod.com /templetongate/irobot.htm (1629 words)

	What are the "Rules"? Discussion, please? - Hatrack River Writers Workshop
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	www.hatrack.com /forums/writers/forum/Forum1/HTML/002055.html (3980 words)

	Three Laws of Robotics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Asimov attributes the Three Laws to John W. Campbell from a conversation made on December 23, 1940.
		A later law, called the 'Zeroth Law' in order to avoid losing the famous name "The Three Laws of Robotics," was extrapolated.
		It was supposedly invented by Robot Daneel Olivaw[?] and Robot Giskard Reventlov[?] in The Robots of Empire[?], but it was mentioned earlier in "The Evitable Conflict[?]" by Susan Calvin[?].
	www.termsdefined.net /th/three-laws-of-robotics.html (1057 words)

	Bantam Dell Publishing Group \| I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
		Caught between conflicting directives, Speedy hovers around the selenium pool, not quite able to get close enough to harm himself, but not able to leave the site because he has been ordered to go to the pool.
		To remove Speedy’s conflict, Powell walks towards Speedy, purposely going too far from safety for him to be able to return without Speedy’s help.
		This book begins with a story about a robot that is dominated by a little child (“Robbie!”;) and ends a story in which robots control every facet of human life (“The Evitable Conflict”).
	www.randomhouse.com /bantamdell/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553294385&view=tg (5054 words)

	The History of the Positronic Robot and Foundation Stories
		Each story could stand own its own, so there was no need to go over the events of any other story.
		When Asimov visited Campbell to give him "--And Now You Don't", he agreed to write another robot story, "The Evitable Conflict".
		"The Evitable Conflict" is set in the mid-21st century.
	www.asimovonline.com /oldsite/Robot_Foundation_history_3.html (2294 words)

	materials
		Explain if you see the world of “The Evitable Conflict” as utopic, dystopic, or neither/both.
		Discuss the representation of the Machines in “The Evitable Conflict.” Situate this representation within the course theme of monstrosity.
		The creation of robots was looked upon as the prime example of the overweening arrogance of humanity, of its attempt to take on, through misdirected science, the mantle of the divine.
	faculty.arts.ubc.ca /pbadir/110mats.htm (1916 words)

	Asimov's I, Robot
		The three laws of robotics are another very important component of the book that makes logical conjunction of nine stories in I, Robot.
		They know what they’re doing, and what they are doing is providing for a better, more wonderful future than humanity could ever manage on its own.
		Susan Calvin says: " …it means that the Machine is conducting our future for us not only simply in direct questions, but in general answer to the world situation and to human psychology as a whole… Think, that for all time, all conflicts are finally evitable.
	www.iit.edu /~cs485/reports/asimovsi.htm (1558 words)

	I, Robot, Film Tie-In : Berichte, Bewertungen, Informationen, Preise
		The final short story, "The Evitable Conflict" (1950), takes place several years after the others on an Earth where much of human economics is directed through massive robot machines.
		The short stories build upon one another to form an interesting tale of the future history of robots.
		What I liked most was the logic behind the solutions to the conflicts in each story.
	www.medfools.com /shopde/product/ASIN/0553294385/I,_Robot.html (895 words)

	Asimov's I Robot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"Runaround" (1942): what does Speedy getting caught between the conflicting imperatives (obeying and self-preservation) suggest about the tension between a software programming ideal and real world implementation?
		What does Calvin's successful tricking of Nestor 10 suggest about the essential conflict between humans and robots?
		"Evidence" (1946): Why does Calvin 'side' with Byerley in his conflict with Quinn?
	transcriptions.english.ucsb.edu /archive/courses/warner/english197/Schedule_files/Asimov/IRobot.htm (314 words)

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